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- Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-106 DIGITAL BOOK EDITION I993 PHYSICIANS’ DESK REFERENCE REFERENCE 27th Edition User’ s Manual...
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Page 2: License Agreement
Economics Data or FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time. You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. - Page 3 Medical Economics Data Inc., nor the producer of this unit, Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., warrant that the information is accurate, that the unit will perform without interruption or free of...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Getting Started ... 5 Install Pocket PDR™ ... 6 Adjust the Contrast ... 7 Select PDR ... 8 Select a Search Method ... 9 Select Options ... 11 Using Pocket PDR™ ... 12 Finding Drugs ... 13 Viewing Monographs ... 16 Finding Words ... -
Page 5: How To Use This Manual
Introduction About Pocket PDR ™ Pocket PDR is a powerful new reference. With ™ Pocket PDR , you can find information by. . . • searching for drugs • scanning text and topics in drug monographs • searching for words in drug monographs •... -
Page 6: Getting Started
Getting Started Read this section ™ if you’re using Pocket PDR for the first time. -
Page 7: Install Pocket Pdr
Install Pocket PDR You must install Pocket PDR 1. Turn your Digital Book System off. 2. Put the Pocket PDR the Digital Book System. Align Pocket PDR’s tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap it in place. 3. Press ON/OFF Protecting Information Never install a digital book while your Digital... -
Page 8: Adjust The Contrast
Adjust the Contrast After you’ve installed Pocket PDR the screen contrast at any time. 1. Turn the contrast wheel on the left side of the Digital Book System. contrast wheel 2. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. See “Replacing the Batteries”... -
Page 9: Select Pdr
Now select Pocket PDR System. 1. Press CARD 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight PDR. 3. Press ENTER A two-second disclaimer appears when you turn on the Digital Book System. To end the disclaimer, press Follow the Arrows Blinking arrows at the bottom of the screen show you which arrow keys you can press. -
Page 10: Select A Search Method
Select a Search Method ™ Pocket PDR provides two search methods: Drug List searches and Text Searches. You select them from the Search menu. 1. Press MENU 2. Press 3. Press ENTER If you selected Drug List, you see this display. If you selected Text Search, you see this display. - Page 11 Select a Search Method Understanding Menus Titles and items in menus appear in two ways. Typeface regular italics Setting the Default Search Display When you first use Pocket PDR search method is Drug List search. So whenever you press search display. To change the default search method to Text Search, select Set Search from the Options menu.
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Page 12: Select Options
Select Options You can set the automatic shutoff timing, the default search display, and the first topic in monographs from the Options menu. Here’s how. 1. If you’re not at the menu display, press 2. Press to highlight the Options menu. 3. -
Page 13: Using Pocket Pdr
™ Using Pocket PDR This section shows how to find, read, and mark information. -
Page 14: Finding Drugs
Finding Drugs To find information about a drug, start typing its brand or generic name at the drug search display. As you proceed, names starting with the letters that you’ve typed appear on screen. Usually you have to type only the first few letters to highlight a name. In this example, we’ll search for acetaminophen. - Page 15 Finding Drugs 4. To highlight another brand, press Or type its letters. 5. Press ENTER 6. Press For faster ways, see “Reading Monographs.” 7. To go to the next monograph on the Brands list, press and select another drug. To see a previous one, press 8.
- Page 16 If You Misspell a Drug You’ll see the spelling correction mode. Finish typing your drug. Then press Next, highlight a correction. Then press twice to see its Brands list. Viewing Lists To. . . Move up or down Page up or down Go to the top or bottom of the list SPECifying Full Drug Names...
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Page 17: Viewing Monographs
Viewing Monographs Drug monographs contain as many as eight topics: Indications and Usage, Contraindications, Warnings, Adverse Reactions, Dosage and Administration, How Supplied, Manufacturer, and Generic Name. You can scan and read monographs in two ways: (1) by using the direction keys or (2) by selecting topics from the Topics menu. -
Page 18: Selecting Topics
Selecting Topics When viewing a monograph, you can skip to the topic you need by selecting it from the Topics menu. 1. At a drug monograph, press 2. Highlight a topic from the Topics menu. 3. Press ENTER A Faster Way to Select Topics When viewing a monograph, type the first letter of a topic. - Page 19 Viewing Monographs Understanding Topic Abbreviations The status line in monographs always displays the abbreviation of the current topic. Abbrev. CONT WARN DOSE SUPP MANU Topic Indications and Usage Contraindications Warnings Adverse Reactions Dosage and Administration How Supplied Manufacturer Generic Name...
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Page 20: Viewing Tables
Setting the First Topic The default first topic displayed in monographs is Indications and Usage. To set other topics first, select Set Topic from the Options menu and highlight a topic. Then press Your topic setting applies only when opening a monograph from a Drug List search. -
Page 21: Finding Words
Finding Words You can search for particular words in the drug monographs in two ways: (1) by typing words at the search words display, or (2) by highlighting a word in a monograph. By Typing Words You can type up to three words at the search words display. - Page 22 3. Press ENTER 4. To highlight another brand, press Or type its letters. 5. Press ENTER the search word(s). 6. Press occurrence. If the words occur in the next monograph, the drug name appears at the bottom of the screen. 7.
- Page 23 Finding Words Expanding a Text Search If you don’t see the drug that you want after a Text Search, you can expand its Brands list by pressing MORE For example, if you search for cardiac arrhythmia, you’ll see a list of 129 brand name drugs.
- Page 24 By Highlighting a Word You can also search for a word by highlighting it in the text of a monograph. In this example, we’ll search for hypoalbuminemia in the monograph for Albumin 25% under the Warnings topic. 1. At a monograph, press highlighting the text.
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Page 25: Finding Equivalents
Finding Equivalents Once at a monograph, you can find equivalent brands of any of the drugs generic components, or any combination of those components, by selecting them from the Equiv menu. In this example, we’ll find equivalents containing acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate from the monograph for Anexia 5/500. -
Page 26: Using Bookmarks
Using Bookmarks For customized reference, you can place bookmarks in monographs and then quickly find them from your Bookmarks menu. Placing Bookmarks You can place up to 16 bookmarks. Bookmarks are always placed at the top line of the current display. 1. - Page 27 Using Bookmarks Finding and Deleting Bookmarks You can find and delete bookmarks at any time. 1. Press LIST 2. Press to highlight Bookmarks. 3. Highlight View or Delete. 4. Press ENTER This is a sample Bookmarks menu. 5. Press to highlight a bookmark. 6.
- Page 28 SPECifying Full Bookmarks When a drug in your Bookmarks menu is followed by ellipses, highlight the drug and press to its full name and its placement. SPEC The bookmark’s placement in a monograph is shown by a topic abbreviation and line number (the number of lines from the top of the mono- graph).
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Page 29: Reference
Reference This section reviews how to use the Digital Book System and Pocket PDR™. -
Page 30: Digital Book System
Digital Book System Installing & Removing Digital Books To install a digital book, first turn off your Digital Book System. Then align the digital book’s tabs with the notches in either book slot on the back and snap the book into the slot. If you install only one book, it doesn’t matter which slot you use. -
Page 31: Switching Between Digital Books
Digital Book System Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press CARD 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing Then press To return to the first book, repeat these steps. Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books. - Page 32 Typing Notes The Digital Book System’s built-in notepad stores up to 60 lines of text. To open the notepad, press the notepad symbol and press Here’s how to type notes: To . . . Type letters Type numbers Erase characters Insert a line Move the cursor Zoom the cursor...
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Page 33: Editing Notes
Digital Book System Editing Notes Once you’ve typed notes in your notepad, you can edit them. Here’s how. To. . . Highlight a word Unhighlight a word Highlight a line Highlight all notes Unhighlight notes Cut highlighted notes Copy highlighted notes Paste highlighted notes Delete highlighted notes One Edit at a Time... - Page 34 Copying Words to/from the Notepad To copy words from the notepad to certain installed digital books: 1. Press the arrow keys to move the cursor to a word in your notepad. 2. Then press 3. Then hold 4. Highlight the symbol of the digital book to which you want to send the word.
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Page 35: Replacing The Batteries
Digital Book System Replacing the Batteries Your unit uses CR2032 lithium batteries. Before replacing them, have four new batteries ready. 1. Turn your Digital Book System off. 2. Remove the battery cover on the back. Then remove all batteries. 3. Promptly slide two new batteries into the battery cavity with the metal clip over it. -
Page 36: Protecting The Digital Book System
Protecting the Digital Book System • Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your digital books or the rubber contacts in the book slots of the Digital Book System. CAUTION: Touching the contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase informa- tion that you entered in your installed digital books. -
Page 37: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty (USA only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., 122 Burrs Road, Mt. -
Page 38: Specifications
• Self-demonstration. • ROM size: 4 megabyte • RAM size: 32 kilobytes Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents © 1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. This manual is copyrighted 1993 by Franklin. ® 1993 by Medical Economics Data Inc. All rights reserved. -
Page 39: Key Guide
Function Keys CLEAR MENU GAMES MORE LIST SPEC CARD ENTER HELP Direction Keys SHIFT BACK SPACE Key Guide Clear to a search display. Go to menu display. Doesn’t apply. Expand a Text Search. See Brands list/Bookmarks menu. Specify drug name or bookmark. Switch digital books. -
Page 40: Index
Abbreviations, of topics 18 Arrow keys 8, 15, 16, 19 Auto-shutoff timing 11 [Index to come][ BACK key 8, 13, 16, 20, 23 Batteries replacing 34 Bookmarks deleting 26 finding 26 menu 25, 26 placing 25 saving 27 seeing a full bookmark 27 total (limit) 25 understanding placement of 25, 27... - Page 41 Index Menus Bookmarks 25 Equiv 24 Options 11 Topics 17 Search 9 Misspellings, correct- ing 15, 22 Monographs finding 13-14 topics abbreviations of 18 list of 16, 18 viewing 16 MORE key 22 Notes copying to/from books 33 editing in notepad 32 typing in notepad 31 Options menu 11 Screen contrast 7...
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